just so you know, you don't need the full tree to patch it. git
doesn't actually care if there's common history between 2 tree's when
you merge. I was planning on writing a tutorial for this for dev in
regen2 if anyone wants me to for here (since it sound like your w/
extra history) has some hugeness.
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Caleb Cushing
http://xenoterracide.blogspot.com